Yukio Fujiwara

ORCID: 0000-0002-2074-0597 · 1 paper in corpus

article 2021

Hemoglobin-induced continuous activation of macrophages in endometriotic cysts: a potential mechanism of endometriosis development and carcinogenesis

Medical molecular morphology ·doi:10.1007/s00795-020-00272-4

Endometriosis is a chronic inflammatory disease. Endometriotic cysts contain hemoglobin (Hb) and infiltrated macrophages, indicating that the metabolism of Hb by macrophages may play an important role in the inflammation of endometriotic cy…